Police called Sunday to large fight at Fremont bar

Two women were arrested Sunday after a fight at the Ballroom bar in Fremont.

Police were initially dispatched about 1:30 a.m. to the bar at 456 N. 36th St. after a caller told a 911 dispatcher there were 30 people fighting there.

A man told police he was trying to break up the large fight inside and outside the Ballroom. When he pulled a 21-year-old woman off someone she was assaulting, she allegedly turned on him, punching him in the face with a closed fist.

Police noted the man had swelling, bruising and a small amount of blood on his forehead.

Another man who tried to break up the fight told officers he saw another woman, 26, throw a pint glass into the air. The glass struck him in the face, and police reported he had about a 1-inch cut above his right eye.

It was not clear what started the fight.

Both women were arrested and continued to yell and scream while an officer read them their Miranda rights, according to a police report. At the North Precinct, one of the women told officers she was going to file a sexual harassment complaint and did not cooperate with officer requests to remove her jewelry.

That woman, who was placed face down on the ground until her jewelry was removed and she stopped yelling, said she had scratches and bruising from the Ballroom security guards.

Police noticed a few small scratches around her right ear, but were not sure if those were from the security guards or the large fight before security intervened.

The 21-year-old Tacoma woman was booked into King County Jail for investigation of assault, and released at 10:45 a.m. Sunday. The 26-year-old Shoreline woman was booked for investigation of reckless endangerment and was released about the same time.

Seattlepi.com is not naming the women because they have not been charged in this case.

Read the narrative from the police report here. Initial redactions were made by Seattle police. The Seattle P-I redacted the names of the women arrested pending charges.

In January, police were called to the Ballroom after a man lifted his shirt to show a small handgun in his waistband. Seconds later, witnesses reported seeing another man shoot two rounds from a handgun into the air.

Security alerted police and tried to detain the men, but they were not caught.

A single shell casing, believed to be from a .22-caliber gun, was found on the northwest corner of North 36th Street and Dayton Avenue North.

At least one of the officers who responded Sunday to the Ballroom also responded to an assault call earlier this month at nearby Nectar Lounge. For more on that incident, click here.